PADDL’S CEO ON HELPING STUDENTS INTO JOBS, HER PASSION FOR START-UPS AND THE 457 VISA DILEMMA

Recently named one of Australia’s nine most influential female entrepreneurs*, Melbourne businesswoman and start-up advocate Dominique Fisher has made a career out of developing products to assist university students successfully transition into employment. 

That is the core business of CareerLounge, which Fisher co-founded in 2008 with her son John Collins. Launched in March 2016, Paddl is both a CareerLounge subsidiary and the company’s hero product. According to Fisher, the idea for Paddl – a web application that helps students gather employment experiences to prove their job-readiness after graduation – was born out of the frustration Collins had experienced when weighing up his education and employment options. Read more

James Harkness - Dynamic Business - 21 Apr 2017